1. Pride,conceit,self-esteem,egotism,vanity,vainglory imply an unduly favorable idea of one's own appearance, advantages, achievements, etc., and often apply to offensive characteristics. Pride is a lofty and often arrogant assumption of superiority in some respect: Pride must have a fall.Conceit implies an exaggerated estimate of one's own abilities or attainments, together with pride: blinded by conceit.Self-esteem may imply an estimate of oneself that is higher than that held by others: a ridiculous self-esteem.Egotism implies an excessive preoccupation with oneself or with one's own concerns, usually but not always accompanied by pride or conceit: His egotism blinded him to others' difficulties.Vanity implies self-admiration and an excessive desire to be admired by others: His vanity was easily flattered.Vainglory, somewhat literary, implies an inordinate and therefore empty or unjustified pride: puffed up by vainglory.5. boast.

pride

satisfaction or pleasure taken in one's own or another's success, achievements, etc (esp in the phrase take (a) pride in)

5.

the better or most superior part of something; flower

6.

the most flourishing time

7.

a group (of lions)

8.

the mettle of a horse; courage; spirit

9.

(archaic) sexual desire, esp in a female animal

10.

(archaic) display, pomp, or splendour

11.

pride of place, the most important position

verb

12.

(transitive; foll by on or upon) to take pride in (oneself) for

13.

(intransitive) to glory or revel (in)

Derived Forms

prideful, adjectivepridefully, adverb

Word Origin

Old English prӯda; related to Latin prodesse to be useful, Old Norse prūthr stately; see proud

Pride

/praɪd/

noun

1.

Thomas. died 1658, English soldier on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War. He expelled members of the Long Parliament hostile to the army (Pride's Purge, 1648) and signed Charles I's death warrant

late Old English pryto, Kentish prede, Mercian pride "pride, haughtiness, pomp," from prud (see proud). There is debate whether Scandinavian cognates (Old Norse pryði, Old Swedish prydhe , Danish pryd, etc.) are borrowed from Old French (from Germanic) or from Old English. Meaning "that which makes a person or people most proud" is from c.1300. First applied to groups of lions late 15c., but not commonly so used until c.1930. Paired with prejudice from 1610s.